police got a call about a collision at georgia avenue. it turns out a manhole cover had exploded and flew in to the windshield of a black mercedes suv. the driver was hit in the face and suffered serious injuries and was take on the the hospital to be treated for those injuries. and at 2:00 a second call about a strange odor in the same area. hazmat teams were called to investigate but at this point they don't have any answers why eitheincident happened. >> right now our hazard material technicians are still monitoring the environment in and around here at georgia avenue. they are also checking the storm drains for any product, any odor that might be there. however, at this point we have not been able to identify it. >> reporter: they have 20 homes that have been evacuated. 75 sheltered in places. now, initially there were reports there were two manhole

cover explosions but right now i just spoke to the fire and rescue spokesperson and he said they can only confirm there is one manhole cover that flew in to the air and went through the windshield. there was a crew that was working on a manhole cover. it is missing but they don't know if that exploded. that's why they are trying to get to the bomb of this. as soon as we get more information we will get back to you. >> still developing story. wisdom will stay on top of this. we will have more tonight at 6:00 and on the fox 5 news at 10:00. more fallout from the arenas gun incident inside the locker room. crittenton today pled guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge. we have the latest on the gun investigation. >> reporter: you may remember a few days ago when new details emerged about what happened inside the wizards locker room. crittenton said to his attorney he had done nothing wrong and the investigation would show

that. but today crittenton admitted that he did do something wrong, he did bring an unregistered firearm in to the district of columbia. here, inside dc superior court today, he apologized. he was charged today with two misdemeanors, attempted carrying a pistol without a license and possession of an unregistered firearm. as part of a plea agreement, the attempted carrying a pistol without a license was dropped with his guilty plea. for today, crittenton apologized saying -- i accept full responsibility for my bad judgment and apologize to the wizards, my family and the citizens of dc. i made a bad decision, your honor, you will never see me in this courtroom again p.m. as part of the agreement he was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation and $1,000 fine. and he has agreed to take part in a program to assist the people of haiti an design a program of his own to help disadvantaged children in the district. arenas has pled guilty to a

felony drug charge for his role in the incident. the two had gotten in to a heated argument over a card game and arenas brought four guns in the locker room and told crittenton to pick one. crittenton had threatened to shoot him in the knee. peter white is crittenton's attorney. >> there's been a great deal of misinformation published about ths case and about mr. crittenton. mr. crittenton bought a lawfully obtained handgun in to dc n the wizards locker room only because he legitimately feared for his life on september 21st of last year. the government acknowledged the handgun was not loaded and he never threatened anyone with it. the gun was legally purchase but bringing it in to district of columbia violates the strict gun control laws mr. foreman crittenton has never been arrested or charge with any crime and he accepted full responsibility in connection with the misdemeanor plea. he's satisfied with the sentence he's been given by the judge in the case and will gladly perform the community

service ordered. he looks forward to meeting with the nba and describing what happened to them as he gets on with his career in basketball. >> he has been given a leave of absence from the team. he hasn't played all year long because he's been injured. nba rules forbid firearms in any nba facility. crittenton will meet with nba officials tomorrow and give his side of the story. >> hey, paul, i'm just curious, with arenas they were felony charges and with crittenton, misdemeanor charges. i don't know if you know but why the difference between the felony and misdemeanor when they seem like similar incidents. >> arenas is a two time user he was offered that plea deal to the felony and why he had to accept it. >> paul wagner on the story. thank you. we asked the wizards to comment on today's events. so far they have not released a statement. as soon as we receive it we

will pass it on to you. now a shooting in the district, it ended with a teenager victim under arrest. someone fired several shots in to a car this morning on benning road southeast. at least one bullet hit a teenager in the leg. police arrested that teenager because they say he was in a ston car. investigators tonight are looking for several other teenagers who ran away from that scene. wild weather keeping the fox 5 storm force very busy today. strong winds, heavy rain giving way to very warm temperatures for january. the latest storm also bringing down trees and power lines leaving thousands of people without electricity tonight. one of those downed lines shocked a woman in potomac. she somehow came in to contact with an active power line on glen road this afternoon. the woman was conscious after being shocked. firefighters don't know how she ended up touching that line. the thunderstorms and flooding are more like spring weather thathe end of january weather. and this roller coaster ride mother nature has us on isn't

over yet. more changes on the way. gary has a look at what's next. gary, you have been busy. >> it is not -- it is going to get cooler. can't say in -- can't stay in the 60s in january for long. i'm sure we enjoyed it but back to reality tomorrow. even now we have a little rain out there and we are watching it to the west of the metro. looks fairly substantial, too. vienna and along 66 to the beltway, some fairly heavy rain coming out of these for reston, too. extreme eastern sections of loudoun county in to fairfax county and these are tracking in our direction, too, moving west to east. so there's a chance of showers through the evening hours 0. on the larger picture. max hd true view will show you west of us we see a good area of snow shower activity and with that in mind you know the colder temperatures are coming our direction to be able to sustain some of that snow. we are not worried about snow,

at least not for the first part of the week but we know with a series of frontal boundaries coming through it will get colder. so enjoy the mild temperatures at least for the next few hours before the cooler stuff starts to come in tonight. a chance of showers this evening. we will have a complete forecast for the evening hours and what to look forward to for the workweek is coming up. >> i was hoping you were going to say it was going to continue. we will see you in a few minutes. gary, thank you. the storm knocked out power to 50,000 people. crews worked all day to get the lights on. 2700 outages in our area and pepco has 2100 bout power and virginia is reporting 750 outages. power was not the only problem today. we see the other storm damage. >> reporter: the damage is widespread. in georgetown, high winds peeled off part of the tin roof on this recreation center. no one was inside at the time

or injured, but it is quite a mess. now the cleanup is underway. the wind gust at times reached 40 miles an hour. it posed a challenge for planes landing and taking off from reagan national airport and also ripped the sail on this boat. the wind toppled trees throughout the area. >> we live in a heavily-wooded area and this big wind, usually one or two fall down. >> reporter: several fell on to cars and power lines, leaving thousands of people in the dark. >> you get through it. it is not the end of the world. >> reporter: in this neighborhood bethesda residents are used to it. they say this is the a usual scene after weather like this. >> we have had trees down around here fairly frequently and we lose electricity on a regular basis. >> reporter: at one point 30,000 people were without power. crews worked throughout the day to estore electricity. in frederick, maryland heavy rains caused flooding, roads looked like rivers. some had to be shut down. luckily none were major

thoroughfares. by midday much of the water started to recede. it could have been a lot worse and now with temperatures in the 60s things are certainly looking brighter. fox 5 news. for the latest on the forecast 24/7 go to www.myfoxdc.com and click on weather. you will get our max hd radar and you can see where storms are moving through your neighborhood. helping survivors of the haiti earthquake, and rebuilding a nation. leaders around the world are working on an effort to do more to help, but right now food, water and especially medical care are the biggest necessities for saving lives. rick leventhal has details on the relief efforts from port-au- prince. >> reporter: the u.s. military doing some heavy lifting. troops sliding 100-pound bags of food down a hill that used to be a golf course and now serves as a makeshift tent city. home to an estimated 50,000 homeless quake victims. dozens of rescue teams are working to recover bodies. dozens of volunteers have spent

days hoping to pull more people out alive. >> we have been working for four days, nonstop. nonstop. >> reporter: they say some people could be still breathing in pockets of the rubble but hope is fading fast. and for the first time we are looking at the crumbl presidential palace. a national symbol severely damaged by this disaster. world leaders are tackling how best to help haiti get through the process. canadian officials are helping to coordinate a strategy for short and long-term aid in the devastated island nation. >> i can simply tell you the people of haiti are in need of more, more and more in order to complete the sole task of reconstruction. >> rorter: across the city, there are signs of hope and determination, as thousands of haitians show up for work and hundreds of thousands of others pack up and prepare to leave for tent cities in the countryside. in port-au-prince, rick leventhal, fox 5 news. this nurse from northern virginia on the usns comfort is helping earthquake victims.

the navy released this photo of lindsey assisting a burn patient in intensive care with the help of a translator. she is from woodbridge. coming up we will see how medical teams are on the move and they are out in search of haitians trying to save lives. and how local kids are sacrificing and working extra hard to help the victims. you can check out the latest on the relief efforts at www.myfoxdc.com. we know a botox is the rage when it comes to fighting wrinkles but could it be a weapon for terrorists? the story is up next. plus, you are doing everything you can to stay afloat in turbulent times. still ahead, the spoof on so- called recession proof jobs. and "american idol" won't be the ticket to stardom for one contestant. why a finalist is already getting the boot. it is coming up. 

fears that botox could be used against us. an ingredient is being sold and there is an underground network of dealers willing to sell it on-line. the fear is simple. experts think that terrorists could team up with suppliers to do harm. al-qaeda has already tried to get access to the toxin. saddam hussein's cousin, the man known as chemical ali has been executed in iraq.

he was convicted of ordering a poisonous attack on a kurdish village in ' 98. 5,000 people died in a largest chemical weapons attack on civilians in history. he was also sentenced to death for leading military campaigns in the 1980s and ' 90s which killed tens of thousands of people. iraq's government announced he died by hanging. a plane taking off from will be nontoday crashed in to the ocean. so far there are no survivors. witnesses saw the plane on fire plunging in to the water. the ethiopian airlines flight had 90 people on board. so far search teams recovered 23 bodies. debris is washing up on shore. meantime the ntsb is working to help lebanon with the investigation. in a part prearial preview of the state of the union address, president obama offered help for middle class families. he says it will help average americans still struggling. tom fit gerald has more on the

president's plan. >> fresh from losing massachusetts u.s. senate seat to republicans which in turn dealt crippling blow to the health care agenda, the white house is trying to regroup with an effort to reach out to middle-class families. two days before president obama delivered his first state of the union address the white house is hoping the latest plan will recorrect the administration with many voters who helped to put him in office a year ago. among the proposals, doubling the child care tax credit, expanding access to retirement savings and adding more aid for people caring for elderly relatives. >> unfortunately the middle class has been under assault for a long time. too many americans have known their own painful recessions long before any economist declared there was a recession. we just come through what was one of the most difficult decades the middle class has ever faced. >> reporter: leading up to this big speech, the white househas brought back some of the sam

political strategists who masterminded his 2008 campaign to help to bring this to the middle class. virginia governor bob mcdonnell will deliver the gop response from richmond. a footnote to the story the coast guard will shut down several waterways on wednesday for the state of the union address. no recreational or commercial boats will be allowed in secured areas from noon until midnight including the potomac river from the key bridge to a mile north of the woodrow wilson bridge and the tidal basin and the anacostia river. bo biden announced he will not run for the u.s. senate. he was considered a possible candidate for the seat his father held for 36 years. he is the delaware attorney general. he said he needs to focus on the case of a delaware pediatrician accused of molesting more than 100 children. biden's decision not to run could put another democratic senate seat in jeopardy.

a reversal for ben bernanke. it appeared shaky last week after two senate democrats announced their opposition. senate minority leader mitch mccon nell believes he will be approved with bipartisan support. his term expires the 31st. the white house hope vote this week. what a day it was out there. felt like spring. >> i mean i thought it was someplace new. it was fabulous, gary. >> but i want to keep it going. >> i heard you say snow earlier. >> we arenot going to dwell on that. temperatures today in the 60s for just about everybody. i know it was windy this morning and coming up in the full forecast we will show you the wind gusts today. very impressive early on and today's numbers, well, you know, we were in the 60s. very mild out there. when you get the wind and temperatures in the 60s in january you have to think of rain and maybe a little thunderstorm activity in the mix. we had some of that. and our max hd radar is finding

more substantial rainfall out there this evening coming across. you can see where you are seeing the oranges and the reds on the live radar. that's the heaviest of the rainfall. we will zoom in. mclean, vienna getting heavy rain. that's just crossing over the beltway from 66. fairly heavy rain is approaching burke, as well. you can see the little community of burke here. let's zoom in. that is good rainfall and it won't be long before the heaviest of that rain comes across the area. we are talking about showers here and on max hd true view the larger picture shows you snow in the midwest. snow we don't have to worry about, at least for the next few days but there is snow in the forecast as the colder weather settles in toward the latter part of the week. in the city it is 58 degrees. so that's just about ten degrees off of our high

temperature . looks like the next few days we are back to reality and if you are a snow lover we do have some in the five-day forecast. we will show you when we think that will roll through the area, as well. i guess you could say it is a forecast that takes us back to reality. >> we do need these days to remind us of what is to come eventually. talk about being in the right place place at the right time, a firefighter drill turned in to a real life rescue when a dog got stuck in icy waters. a man was walking his dog when the dog took off chasing ducks on to the ice. the dog fell the water and couldn't get out. the owner went out after him and he got stuck, too. firefighters were doing ice training nearby and pulled them out to safety. >> they were rock stars. they are total rock ars. you know, probably saved my life and helped me to save charlie's. i had seen them doing ice training and as soon as i went

in, i called for help. >> i can never remember a time when we trained and immediately used the training afterwards. it is usually, you train and might use it sometime down the road but couldn't have been any better timing. >> reporter: could not have been any better timing. that's an under statement. the dog is okay. the owner suffered only mild hypothermia. >> good news. i like stories with happy endings like that. i drove by the gas station today, $3.11. can you believe that? we are all feeling the pain at the pump these days. >> it really painful. pepco is rolling out the going green initiative. an electric car charging station here. and sky fox is high above wheaton tonight with a beautiful look at the sunset as we go to break. we'll be right back. tough call.

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and new jersey. neighbors in glover park community will have a new rec center sooner than thought. mayor fenty updated residents today on the progress of the guy mason rec center moddennization plan. he says the $4.7 million project is expected to be completed next january, four months ahead of schedule. it is being renovated in to a state of the art female. the rush though help survivors is against the clock. meet the medical teams now roving the rubble trying to keep disease from spreading. the word of the day at this fairfax elementary school is caring. i will tell you what the kids here are doing to help haiti. and a little good news for general leery. and idol judge says he is ready to hook this singer up. tmz is working this one and we will be live at 5:50. we'll be right back. 

right now some of the big stories we are following at 5:00, a mac hole explosion injures a driver. it happened at noon today in wheaton, maryland. the manhole cover popped off and flew through the windshields of a mercedes. nearby homes have been evacuated as a precaution and sky fox has live picture and we will update the story as we get them. crittenton pled guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge. he was sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation. his lawyer says the 22-year-old brought thegun to dc because he was afraid of arenas. world leaders tackling plans on how to help haiti in the immediate aftermath of the quake and for the future. 700,000 people are living in the streets of port-au-prince, sleeping under tarps and many

are relying on aid groups for food they get. many of the survivors are in desperate need of medical care. though they suffer from treatable injuries the infections are -- the injuries are infected. brian wilson has the latest. >> reporter: here at this golf course that was once where the rich of haiti played now there are 5,240,000 poor people living in a makeshift tent city. the quad ron of the 781st cav is here and i got a sample of what is going on the streets of haiti yesterday. there are a lot of people who need medical care so they are sending out disaster medical assistance teams. they are doctorses and nurses. in this case from vermont and new jersey. what they are seeing a lot of are open wounds that have gotten infected like with this

little boy and sprains and compound fractures. the problem is infection, isn't it, doctor. >> the problem is infection, yeah. these infections can spread. if not treated it can kill them. >> the fact you got this wound treated means this boy has a good chance of getting better. >> absolutely. we will tell them to keep it clean and dry and give them supplies and he should be fine. >> reporter: the concern of course is the disease may run rampant here and an open sound not a good thing to have in port-au-prince today. brian wilson, fox news. a 15-year-old girl is now getting medical care here in the united states. this young woman suffered severe injuries to her face in the earthquake. she is now at children's hospital in miami. her cousin is her guardian because the girl's mother died when their home collapsed on top of them. doctors say she is doing much better but has a long road ahead. >> she's sustained significant facial injuries and again the

treatment of those facial injury has to be tailored to the fact that we received her you know eight days after the event. >> reporter: even the other quake survivors are also being treated at thesame hospital. today in the district, civil rights activist dick gregory vowed not to eat for 30 days to bring attention the flight of the victims in hti. speaking at union temple baptist church he said he won't eat or drink anything for the first week and after that only liquids. greg i have 77 years old. well, younger activists in our area are also working to help haiti. they are elementary school kids little children with big hearts. as beth parker shows us they are sacrificing so they can help others. >> it is spare change that may bring change. >> let's see how much we have today. >> 20, 30, 40, 50. >> these first graders attend washington mill ementary school in fairfax county but their thoughts are a world away in haiti. >> they need more money to

rebuild their houses and stores. >> reporter: so the school started to collect quarters. the idea was to earn the money. >> i made by bed. >> after i am done doing a chore i do more chores. >> reporter: step inside the door here at washingtonill elementary and you get a sense of what these kids are learning. look at the books. think of those in need, caring. of course they are working on academics, but the principal wants to make sure they are also learning to have a heart. >> i don't want to have children leave here as intelligent, nasty people. neither do i want hearts and flower people that can't read and make an impact on the world. >> reporter: this fourth grader jumped in. >> $3.85. >> he handed the principal his bubble gum bank and the hundred he had been saving for several months glen she gave mae hug and said that was sweet. i was thinking of buying a couple of things thatty don't

need but it is seems like the kids in haiti need this more than i do. >> potato chips. >> yes. >> but in haiti right now. >> their wants and needs are the same thing. >> reporter: these kids are not wealthy but they live in a place where most basic needs are met. that means they can keep counting. >> 2, 63. >> my mom knows how much i have. >> moms can tell you that school wide they have raised $1,000 for haiti relief. in fairfax county, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> so great to see that. the money the kids raised will be donated to the salvation army for haiti relief. middle school kids in measure da are raising money for haiti relief. one cup at a time. the stents are selling hot cocoa and coffee. they were there along honeywell lane. they have baked goods

available, too. they say the students say the pictures they have seen make them want to help. >> we thought oh my gosh the earthquake is so bad. all of these people are suffering. so we thought we may as well do a fund-raiser and give all of the stuff to, money to red cross. >> i bought a cookie myself. the students were out of school today for a teacher professional day. and remember you can depend on fox 5 for keeping you up-to- date on developments from haiti. we have the latest on relie efforts to a photo gallery of the tragedy and ways you can donate to the relief effort. it is there on our home page on www.myfoxdc.com. well, even the president isn't immune. jewelry thieves on the run. helps thousands in a matter of seconds

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the company says there's no evidence and it is not to blame. caught on camera, a brazen jewelry heist and the womb who tried to stop it. check out this surveillance video here. the man in the black jacket looked like any customer but that changed an instant. he yanked three rings from her fingertips and took off. the owner took off after him but fell down. they hope this clear video will lead to a quick i arrest. even the president of the united states can be called to jury duty. he was summoned for jury today today in chicago. the court was told the president wouldn't be able to make it. he has the state of the union speech on wednesday. >> pretty good excuse. >next time i don't think you calling for me to say i'm sorry, laura can't make it. >> she's busy. >> taking the day off. >> there you go. it is feeling like spring out there. good day for a day off. lot more like spring than the middle of january.

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an inspirational story. dave feldman has the story. >> reporter: guys at the age of 2, anna was adopted and brought to the united states. while swimming came easy, anna couldn't cross the monkey bars. a lesson she learned after falling and breaking her arm. since tt day, nothing has slowed her down, not even her disability. slipped murphy has the story. >> reporter: she's not just another face in the crowd. a title given to her by sports illustrated magazine.

she is a driven 16-year-old who loves swimming and posts -- boasts an impressive resume despite she lost half of her left arm. >> i will climb a rock wall or mountain and i can't believe you did that. i can. it is not that bad. it is so normal to me. >> reporter: anna was born missing her left arm just below the elbow. >> sthis the only way she's ever known and although she is physically challenged it hasn't stopped her from reaching from the gold. anna already has five gold medals which she won the american games in colombia in october. competing against other arm amputees. >> it is so amazing. i was so happy when i did it. when i put them all around my neck, i was like wow, this feels really cool. like michael phelps. >> reporter: now she is training to reach her goal on the u.s. pair what a olympic

team. her routine includes 4:45 a.m. practices with able-bodied swimmers. she doesn't fit in, she stands out. >> the kidst just want to be seen as all other kids. they don't want to be seen as a disable child first. they want to be seen, for instance in anna's case i'm a swimmer who happens to be missing part of the arm, i'm not a disabled person who does a little swimming on the side. >> because i go out there and have fun and don't try t overcome the disability and just roll with the flow or whatever. and it is like, okay, whatever she's fine. there's really no difference a all. >> reporter: para olympics are elite sports for athletes with disabilities. in 2008 games, athletes from 46 countries participated she is hoping 0 to be one of them in 2012. for fox 5 sports, i'm lindsey murphy. the para olympics are held in the same year and city as

the olympics. once again for anna, 20102 london is the goal and her swimming has taken her all over the world. you see her smile and how enthusiastic she is and it is a great story. >> she's incredible. we complain when we can't do stuff. look at her. >> swimmers should complain, they get up at 4:00 in the morning every morning to complain. >> the worst training schedule of anyone. they do it at 4:00 in the morning and lindsey murphy when she came back said she is one of the nicest girls. >> seems like it, too. >> wish her the best. very inspirational. >> all right. talk about the forecast. >> we started here on a high note with a fabulous story. it is almost spring weather out there. >> guess the high temperature. >> 63. >> 62. >> dave feldman said 66. i hate to say he's the closest. >> oh. >> 68. >> no way. >> really? >> where?

>> no matter what will there is always a little warmup in january. we had to get to the last part of it but we got it. >> at national. >> yeah. don't ask me dulles. sue will have that if you are interested in the dulles temperature. there is rain this evening. you will start with that. the traffic crawling around out there. grab your umbrella this evening. we have showers moving across now. this is the live radar northeast of town. southern sections, well, south of bowie inside the beltway, college park getting a little bit as is silver spring and then to the west great falls and reston are getting showers, too. these are moving to the east. there maybe a couple more through the evening hours, too t. doesn't look completely dry but most of you will be dry after this evening. another thing today, we started off this morning with the wind gusts, very impressive. some strong wind coming out of the south and southeast. clarksburg, maryland which is the northern section of montgomery county. one of the highest wind speed

gusts i saw today, 58 miles an hour. reston was 51. and annapolis was 58 miles an hour. and there were more wind totals -- there were more wind gusts over 50 miles an hour out there than below 50 miles an hour. in terms of the extreme gusts and those calm down this afternoon. thank goodness. right now the temperature is cooled o. the high reagan national is 58. dulles is 57. and bwi marshall is 56 degrees. fairly mild for everybody. notice it is beginning to cool down to the northwest. frederick 52. hagerstown the same. martinsburg 50 and cumberland down to 45. still some 60s hanging on down 95. 61 richmond. and a few 60s for north carolina. this is unusual. notice the colder temperatures back out to the west. and the northwest. this is more like reality and some of that starts to move

through overnight tonight. it will change, at least in the temperature department. some clouds at 11:00, 46. some clouds tomorrow, 4 # 39. and at noon tomorrow only 43 degrees with some clouds and looks like it will be breezy tomorrow, too. so we will be in the 40s but at times it will feel like the 30s. oh, boy what a difference a day will make, right? we started off this morning with all of this heavy rain. some of you got as much as three inches throughout and some of you didn't get a lot. it is where you were in the line of showers and thunderstorms this morning but again back to the west and the colder air. there's significant snowfall here coming through the midwest. that is not going to reach us, though. we will get the colder air but we don't have to worry about snow, at least not until the lath latter part of the week. we are chasing a storm system on friday in to saturday. and we move the rain out of here. this is midnight. we are looking at the possibility of a shower or two. the snow will stay well to the northwest of us. loads of sunshine as weget in

to wednesday. but we start to watch this storm system develop. this is thursday. you see the rain in texas here. that's going to spread in to us by friday. it's going to bring us a chance of snow. it is too early to tell you when exactly it will snow and how much it will snow, but we have fairly good agreement with our guidance that in to friday and saturday all of that moisture will show up along the mid-atlantic. we will be cold enough. you can see by the temperatures late week. solate, looks like late day friday in to the day on saturday we could get snow. i'm not going to mention snowfall totals but it is -- because it is too early to do that. >> that time of the year. it appears an "american idol" finalist is already off the show. michael lynch or big mike got the boot for breaking his confidentiality agreement. word is his father told a local newspaper his son made it to the semis. he will be replaced by another singer in the top 50 qualifiers. names are being tossed around

and they say jamie foxx is a strong contender to replace simon when he leaves after the season. fox performed and served as a mentor to the finalist last weekend. some are eyeing jimmy ivvine and madonna and last week they were talking about harvey leaven. >> i don't want to be general larry flat may get his day for his sg pants on the ground. harvey besides being one of the maybe idol judges coming up next season, what's the deal with general plat? he found out an idol judge wants to help him? >> yeah. i mean we got randy jackson last night aa restaurant in west hollywood and he's saying that he would like to sign this guy. he wants him to call, you know, plat was never eligible. he is 62 years old and the cut

off is 28 so he was never eligible to be "american idol." but randy is smart. this could be something and even simon said that t. who knows. there's no way madonna will take this. >> i don't think think so. >> but it is nice to throw it out there any way. talk about the cast of the jersey shore. we understand they are negotiating a contract with mtv right now. the deadline to accept the network offer is by the end of business today but there is a back and forth or holdup. what's the deal? >> well, the cast wants more money. they got a huge rating at mtv last week, 4.8 million viewers. and the cast was offered $10,000 each, a week, an episode. there are 12 episodes. so they have not said yes yet and the mtv people are saying, look, we have a bunch of people in line to basically fill their shoes. so it is do or die and literally in the next 24 hours i think we will know whether the situation is a prior

situation. >> somehow i'm guessing mtv will win this one. harvey leaven live in l.a. we will see tmz at 6:30 after the news edge at 6:00. now a preview of the news edge at 6:00, michelle rhee is claiming fired teachers were abusing children. now city leaders are demanding she name names. also coming up, a new mode of transportation is taking off at dulles international airport. we'll show you the new aero- train. plus, more on that unbelievable story coming out of maryland tonight. an exploding manhole cover smashes through the windshield of this suv. the news edge at 6:00 is coming up next.  dreams are amazing things.

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